Welcome to College of the Redwoods Public Accreditation Website

 This site was created to share information related to CR's response to Accreditation recommendations for Fall 2007. Our intention is to keep the community fully informed about CR’s Accreditation status.

College of the Redwoods Accreditation

College of the Redwoods is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and affiliated with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

There are six regional accrediting organizations for universities in the USA, each in a different territory. These regional accrediting organizations accredit all degrees, in all subject areas. The alphabetical list of states in parentheses comprises the region for each organization.

1. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSACS): (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
2. New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC): (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
3. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCACS): (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming)
4. Northwest Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NASCU): (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington state)
5. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS): (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia)
6. Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC): (California and Hawaii, the territitories of Guam, Amrican Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palua, Commonwealth of the northern Marianas Islands, the Pacific Basin, East Asia, and the areas of the Pacific and East Asia where American and International Schools or colleges may apply to it for service.

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